Optical counterparts of compact galactic X-ray sources
Abstract
Optical counterparts of compact galactic X-ray sources are discussed, with emphasis on sources with X-ray luminosities in the 10 to the 36th to 10 to the 38th erg/s range within the bandpass 1-10 keV. Also considered is recent progress on optical identifications of galactic X-ray sources with luminous (M(V) less than O) visible counterparts, as well as progress in the fast photometry of the counterparts of X-ray pulsars. In addition, counterparts of Scorpius X-1-like sources and of X-ray bursters are examined along with Balmer line profiles and the red/infrared spectrum of SS 433.
- Publication:
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Ninth Texas Symposium on Relativistic Astrophysics
- Pub Date:
- February 1980
- DOI:
- Bibcode:
- 1980NYASA.336..550M
- Keywords:
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- Galactic Radiation;
- Light Emission;
- Stellar Spectra;
- Stellar Spectrophotometry;
- X Ray Sources;
- Balmer Series;
- H Alpha Line;
- Heao 2;
- Infrared Spectra;
- Pulsars;
- Satellite-Borne Instruments;
- Stellar Atmospheres;
- Stellar Luminosity;
- Astrophysics